After an in-depth investigation and a police raid on IHRB, the Health Care Complaints Commission concluded that Sam Cohen operated unethically and in a way that ‘Endangered the health and safety of his clients’. Officials placed new Sanctions on IHRB’s ‘unlawful, misleading, and unverified’ claims. It is my opinion that IHRB is a 100% scam, a sham, and an unethical, illegal con. The TGA has banned IHRB’s print and internet ads and demanded public retractions. The TGA now forbids Sam Cohen from claiming that his natural and herbal formula can regrow hair. Some clients enjoyed hair regrowth thanks to $7 minoxidil and market-ready medications. Their success had nothing to do with any phantom IHRB formula which IHRB illegally sells at thousands of dollars. Sam Cohen denied that he was breaching Orders, until an undercover Sting Operation proved that he had been lying and indeed breaking the law.

Sam Cohen of IHRB was in court on Tuesday 29 September 2015, after being charged for speeding. Representing himself, Mr Cohen attended Court 3 at 9:30 am where Magistrate Quinn noted that Mr Cohen wished to plead guilty. Mr Cohen corrected that by saying that he ‘had a small explanation to go with that’. Dressed […]

Mr Elias Juanas, the owner of Elias Pharmacy, has been found guilty of Unsatisfactory Professional Conduct. The Pharmacy Council rebuked Mr Juanas after a long investigation that uncovered a wide range of alarming practices, including his dealings (and his Pharmacy’s dealings) with Mr Sam Cohen of the Institute of Hair Regrowth & Beauty (IHRB). Despite his protests […]

Johnny was Sam Cohen’s client 15 years ago. The memory is alive and well. Johnny wrote to share his sad story. Below is our correspondence. I have left Johnny’s text as it arrived, without correcting any of the typos. Out of the blue, he sent this first email: Hello, Great work with exposing this guy and […]

Once upon a time, IHRB’s website was voluminous. Page after page of diatribe. Eventually, the Authorities Ordered Mr Sam Cohen to remove his ‘unlawful, misleading and unverified’ claims. Via his solicitor, Mr Cohen wrote to the TGA, protesting his innocence, asking the TGA to specifically prove where and how he has been found guilty. In response to one of […]

As part of a Sting Operation that was executed while we were assisting the Health Care Complaints Commission with its second investigation into IHRB, we asked an IHRB client to send two sets of photos to Sam Cohen of IHRB. Sam thought they were taken three weeks apart. Instead, they were taken 24 hours apart. What was Mr Cohen’s reaction? […]

After HCCC’s second raid on IHRB on 24 July 2014, the Health Care Complaints Commission conducted an investigation which was sparked by a complaint from the Pharmacy Services Unit (Ministry of Health). By November 2014, the investigation into IHRB and Sam Cohen’s conduct was conclusive. The Commission confirmed that Mr Cohen had in fact breached his […]

Scars run deep for this former client who met Sam Cohen when he was a Director at the old Ashley & Martin 20 years ago. Jane Carson recalls being told by Mr Cohen that his own hair was real, only to later discover that he was wearing a wig! When Jane expressed dissatisfaction with her hair […]

Sam Cohen of IHRB has been caught again. This time we have independent proof with perfect chain-of-custody evidence and fingerprints showing that Mr Cohen has been illegally selling Minoxidil by purchasing this retail product (shown above) manufactured by Generic Health Pty Ltd, and passing it off as his own secret formula. Mr Cohen is prohibited […]

New evidence has emerged to show that IHRB had been selling unmarked bottles of Hair A-Gain as far back as 2012, despite Mr Sam Cohen telling the authorities (and while under Oath at a Tribunal Hearing) that he never supplied Minoxidil after the Prohibition Orders. After seeing a previous story on this site, a client […]